IRENE
ORTIZ,
M.D.
Department of
Psychiatry
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ATTENDING PSYCHIATRIST, VAMC
M.D., Michigan State, 1984
Residency, University of New Mexico, 1985-89
Research Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 1989-91
FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Review Committee 2000-2004
National Advisory Committee, National Hispanic Medical Association, 1999-2005
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Areas of Specialization: Geropsychiatry, cultural psychiatry, mood disorders e-mail: irene.ortiz@va.gov Selected Publications: Ortiz IE, Romero LJ, Cultural implications for assessment and treatment of depression in Hispanic elderly, Annals of Long-Term Care (in press) Ortiz IE, Torres, EC, Curanderismo and the treatment of alcoholism: findings from focus group of Mexican curanderos, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 2007;25(4):79-90Romero LJ, Ortiz IE, Finley MR, Wayne S, Lindeman RD, Prevalence of depressive symptoms in New Mexico Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elderly, Ethnicity and Disease Autumn 2005;15:691-697 Romero LJ, PJ Garry , M Schuyler, DA Bennahum, C Qualls, L Ballinger, V Kelly, C Schmitt, B Skipper, IE Ortiz, RL Rhyne, Emotional responses to APOE genotype disclosure for Alzheimer Disease J of Genetic Counseling 2005;14(2):141-150 Ortiz IE, LaRue A, Romero LJ, Sassaman MF, Lindeman RD: Comparison of cultural bias in two cognitive screening instruments in elderly Hispanic patients in New Mexico. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 1997; 5(4); 333-338 |
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